…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 8 — Wednesday, April 20, 2022 I’ve been thinking a lot lately on what constitutes a friend. The qualifiers and the levels all associated with it. What distinguishes someone as a true friend versus someone you spend time with? An issue I had in the past (and still suf- fer from) is failure to define, creating the boundaries between different categories of friendship. I consider my...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion Wednesday, April 20, 2022 — 9 PAIGE HODDER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. JASMIN LEE Editor in Chief JULIAN BARNARD AND SHUBHUM GIROTI Editorial Page Editors Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of The Daily’...…
…E veryone needs it, but no one wants to ask for it. “Help” has become a sort of dirty word, implying weakness and neediness, that we can’t handle our problems on our own. Using the word “help” has come to mean that you have given in to the obstacles plaguing your life and that you don’t have the strength to carry on by yourself. These implications are commonplace, and they are not only false, but harmful. I will openly admit tha...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 20, 2022 — 11 Big moments lift Michigan to 2-1 weekend against Maryland JOEY GOODSIR Daily Sports Writer As fifth-year third baseman Tay- lor Bump stepped into the batter’s box on Friday, it was clear a break- through was necessary. In extra innings, bleeding only one run would result in another conference loss. So the No. 22 Mich- igan softball team could not afford to strand r...…
…“And after that, we knew we had a lot of ground to make up, and it was improbable that we were going to be able to do it.” Julia Schachinger/Daily | Design by Sophie Grand F ORT WORTH, Texas — The No. 3 Michigan women’s gymnastics team entered the NCAA National Semifinal as the Raleigh Regional Champion and a favorite to advance to the final. There were high expectations for the Wolverines, who have rightfully earned high praise a...…
…See DAILY INVESTIGATION, Page 3 JULIAN WRAY & VANESSA KIEFER Managing Investigative Editors GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXXI, No. 72 ©2022 The Michigan Daily N E W S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 STATEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I N S E R T M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...…
…News Alzheimer’s data highlights need for increased understanding of mild cognitive impairment PHOTO JINGQI ZHU Daily Staff Reporter TESS CROWLEY/Daily Jon Vaughn returns to camp outside of the President’s House Sunday night following the forced removal of his campsite by the University March 7. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Winter 2022 semester by students at the University of Michiga...…
…CAMPUS LIFE Read more at MichiganDaily.com Design by Abby Schreck News Wednesday, April 13, 2022 — 3 ADMINISTRATION The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Ford School of Public Policy hosted Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Anne Apple- baum at the Michigan League on Monday to discuss challenges to democratic institutions and the role of the press in a conversation with Dean Michael S. Barr. Offered in both an...…
…Arts 4 — Wednesday, April 13, 2022 “QUEER” IS A powerful word, and to be Queer is a powerful thing. For so many, art and Queerness are inextricably linked. The art we were exposed to growing up informed the way we came into our Queer- ness, and now our Queerness informs the way we consume and make art. In almost everything I watch, read and listen to, I look for refractions of this part of myself in order to understand myself better ...…
…Wednesday, April 13, 2022 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ isn’t a queer story, but it’s part of mine Nothing is really ‘Straight Up’ OKAY, TIME FOR a confession. Long before I began to unpack my internalized misogyny and unchecked ego, I was just another girl who clung to wearing weird clothes and an inter- est in sports in the name of being “not like other girls.” Since then, I’ve embraced how b...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 6 — Wednesday, April 13, 2022 A recent article published in The Michi- gan Review left many Michigan students appalled yet unsurprised. After digesting the manipulative and hateful content of the piece, we felt that it was necessary to address the author’s poor interpretation of Ameri- can racial dynamics and recycled conserva- tive talking points in order to debunk some fundament...…
…Wednesday, April 13, 2022 — 7 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com I’ve always loved birthdays, whether they were mine or somebody else’s. The thought of gathering to celebrate the life of somebody you love has always been an exciting part of every year. But when my own birthday creeps its way around the calendar, I always find myself reflecting on my life experiences. When I realized that on March 22, 2022, I wou...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily 8 — Wednesday, April 13, 2022 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE UM PHI BETA KAPPA CLASSES OF 2020 and 2021 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE UM PHI BETA KAPPA CLASSES OF 2020 and 2021 Phi Beta Kappa Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest and most widely recognized scholarly honorary society in America. Founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary, it celebrates excel- lence in the liberal arts and sciences...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion Wednesday, April 13, 2022 — 9 PAIGE HODDER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. JASMIN LEE Editor in Chief JULIAN BARNARD AND SHUBHUM GIROTI Editorial Page Editors ficial position of The Daily’s Editorial Board. All o...…
…W ith its 2022 release, the satirical horror movie “Fresh” follows a young woman, Noa, through her newfound relationship with a supposed plastic surgeon, Steve. The relationship turns into a nightmare when Steve takes Noa to a remote house he owns, drugs her and locks her in a cell with other women who have fallen victim to Steve’s alluring nature. He proceeds to surgically remove her body parts piece by piece in ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 13, 2022 — 11 Michigan cruises to 4-0 victory over Purdue COLE MARTIN Daily Sports Writer Since 2000, the Michigan men’s tennis team has posted a 20-4 record against Purdue. And on Saturday, the Wolverines’ winning ways over the Boilermakers con- tinued: They dominated. For over a month, that word has described the Wolverines who entered Saturday having won 11 straight mat...…
…Michigan falls to Denver in Frozen Four overtime thriller SPORTSWEDNESDAY B OSTON — As the Michigan hockey team’s skaters lined up along the goal line prior to the game, each one exuded a calm about themselves. Standing side by side, their relaxed auras made it seem as though they were about to play any other game. And just as throughout the season, one-by-one, the starters were called to skate forward. ...…
…x Photo Immersion Edition In this special edition, we’ve challenged the Statement writers to ‘dive’ in and immerse them- selves in new experiences on campus. The result: a collection of testimonials shedding light on the campus’s less-explored marvels, from pole dancing to fencing to architecture hunting. And the Daily’s Photo team was there to capture it all. …
…PHOTOS BY SARAH BOEKE/DAILY Wednesday, April 13, 2022 // The Statement — 2 Content warning: Restrictive eating habits “Now let’s get acquainted with that pole.” After completing several warm-up exercises — wide-leg squats, downward dog, plank shoulder- taps, anything to bring our heart rates up — we had arrived at the long-awaited activity, the reason we were all in that room on a dark Wednesday evening. We were there to dance. At the ...…
…3 — Wednesday, April 13, 2022 // The Statement PHOTOS BY LILA TURNER/DAILY PAGE LAYOUT BY SARAH CHUNG Lookout mom, I’m a pirate now My mother has been bugging me lately about finding an activity to get my blood pumping and my endorphins flowing. She says it will be “good for my mental health” and will “help me sleep better” or whatever. She works as a full-time nurse and part-time teaching Zumba and Group Fight at four different gyms...…
…Wednesday, April 13, 2022 // The Statement — 4 BY OSCAR NOLLETTE-PATULSKI, STATEMENT COLUMNIST Mixed strategies at Scorekeepers BY TAYLOR SCHOTT, STATEMENT DEPUTY EDITOR However lame it makes me to say so, I don’t like going out. It is, to put it simply, a lot of work. It’s physi- cal work — the walking to, the dancing at. Constant- ly adjusting my bad posture. It’s mental work — the middling conversation, if it could be called conver...…
…BUSINESS GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXX, No. 71 ©2022 The Michigan Daily N E W S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 S TAT E M E N T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 O P I N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 S P O R T S . . . . . ...…
…News U-M College of Pharmacy hosts Safe Medicine Disposal event PHOTO CAMPUS LIFE CAROLINE WANG Daily Staff Reporter JARETT ORR/Daily Hash Bash attendee plays the trumpet on the Diag Saturday afternoon. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Winter 2022 semester by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at...…
…Read more at MichiganDaily.com Read more at MichiganDaily.com News Wednesday, April 6, 2022 — 3 ADMINISTRATION The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com U.S. President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 25. If confirmed, Jackson will be the first Black woman to sit on the nation’s highest court. The Michigan Daily sat down with University of Michigan experts and students to discu...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, April 6, 2022 “WAIT, WHY DO you look so familiar?” Before I could even ask a question, LSA senior Cam Turner was interviewing me instead. I have to laugh because I know exactly why I look so familiar to him — he was an RA in my freshman dorm. It’s not the only thing we have in common, either. We’re both from the South, him from Georgia and myself from Tennessee, and we’re bot...…
…Wednesday, April 6, 2022 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Nasty, Brutish and Short’: Professor Scott Hershovitz on why the best philosophers are children Why we tell the story: MUSKET’s production of ‘Once on This Island’ Ben Afeck has a better relationship with snails than Ana de Armas in ‘Deep Water’ This interview was edited for length and clarity. IN HIS NEW book “Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philos...…
…One out of eight men believes that he could score against Serena Williams in a tennis match. This, to me, is the epitome of delusion. Saying that someone is delusional often conjures up images of raging schizophrenics, completely absorbed by illusions of grandeur and hallucinations of voices from nowhere, people who don’t exist and events that never happened. But in reality, self-delusion is more subtle and ordinary. It’s t...…
…S T A T E M E N T The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 6, 2022 — 7 Read more at MichiganDaily.com TAYLOR SCHOTT Statement Deputy Editor Can love overcome language barriers? KAVYA UPPALAPATI Statement Columnist Read more at MichiganDaily.com Can language barriers within a relationship inhibit true connection? Popular media begs to say “no.” The highly acclaimed “Love Actually” features characters Jamie an...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 8 — Wednesday, April 6, 2022 As a Christian, my favorite verse in the Bible is Mark 9:24. “Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, ‘I believe; help my unbelief!’” This is my unbelief: My name is Sarah Olumayowa Olamide Oguntomilade. I come from a Christian, Nigerian family where names are very important. It is believed that when you call someone’s name, you...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion Wednesday, April 6, 2022 — 9 PAIGE HODDER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. JASMIN LEE Editor in Chief JULIAN BARNARD AND SHUBHUM GIROTI Editorial Page Editors ficial position of The Daily’s Editorial Board. All ot...…
…E veryone wants to be “that girl.” You know who she is, the one who “has her life together,” who wakes up early, works out in a chic set, drinks colorful smoothies, has pretty, shiny hair and glowing skin — all effortlessly of course. I’m sorry to tell you that this is not actually a tutorial on how to be her, in fact, I’m here to tell you instead that you can’t be her. She isn’t real! But you are, and you can be just as happy as...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 6, 2022 — 11 SportsWednesday: Michigan’s dominant season is one more step in a culmination of excellence In the 46 years before 2021, Mich- igan women’s gymnastics never passed the 198-point mark, though it had come close a couple times in the years leading up to it. 197.950 in the 2020 Elevate the Stage meet, then six days later it put up a 197.9 against New Hampshire. Bu...…
…ROUTINE Grace Beal, Anna Fuder/Daily | Design by Lys Goldman SPORTS WEDNESDAY RUN Michigan wins regional title, advances to National Semifinals TAYLOR DANIELS Daily Sports Writer F ollowing a second-place finish in its regional second round, the No. 3 Michigan women’s gymnastics team had something to prove. And Saturday night, the Wolverines proved why they were the Raleigh region’s No. 1 seed. A dominant final two...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 2 — Wednesday, March 30, 2022 Art & Afrofuturism panel explores the work of late author Octavia Butler PHOTO ADMINISTRATION GENEVIEVE GRUENLER Daily Staff Reporter ALLISON ENGKVIST/Daily An Ann Arbor resident wheels his display of two different worlds through campus during the Climate Strike Friday afternoon. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Wi...…
…Read more at MichiganDaily.com News Wednesday, March 30, 2022 — 3 ADMINISTRATION The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Design by Kate Shen Graduate students at the Univer- sity of Michigan School of Social Work walked out of their classes Monday morning and gathered on the Diag to rally for Payments for Placements (P4P). This is a student campaign demanding that the Uni- versity begin compensating Master of Social Work (MSW) stude...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, March 30, 2022 IN THIS WORLD of expectations, schedules, meticulously crafted five-year plans and a deep underlying pressure to have everything figured out, a surprise can be refreshing, terrifying, the absolute worst or the one thing you needed all along. Surprises have been the key to my life, simul- taneously adding the sprinkles of delight I need to get through the ceaseles...…
…Wednesday, March 30, 2022 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Surprise! Your favorite movie is a little bit fascist Surprises from the man who taught me how to love a good movie Musings about pop-out cakes WALT DISNEY, I think, is probably more influential than Jesus. So why do I feel like crit- ics shy away from critical analy- ses of Disney films, especially the classics? Just because they are cute and enormously popular...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 6 — Wednesday, March 30, 2022 Over the past two years, my vibrant paintings have engulfed my once unem- bellished bedroom wall. Each comes with a unique color scheme: from a pale orange canvas of Lisa Simpson to soulful butter- flies flying across a lilac sky. To me, paint- ing is a therapeutic release that I don’t find in other spaces I use for comfort. While I often use journali...…
…Wednesday, March 30, 2022 — 7 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “I want the tall Mexican kid!” Nobody moved from the pickup bas- ketball line. Every player’s eyes were suddenly searching for this elusive, presumably Hispanic guy so the game could start. “You, dude, YOU” an impatient fin- ger points directly at me, the exaspera- tion clear in my temporary teammate’s voice. “Uh… I’m not Mexican,” I awkwardly ...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion 8 — Wednesday, March 30, 2022 PAIGE HODDER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. JASMIN LEE Editor in Chief JULIAN BARNARD AND SHUBHUM GIROTI Editorial Page Editors ficial position of The Daily’s Editorial Board. All ot...…
…“ Sexuality is a spectrum.” I’m sure you’ve heard this sentiment many times before, as it’s become the poster slogan for a progressive view on what it means to be queer. As younger populations continue to explore queerness, our pre- established binary definitions of attraction begin to blend into a continuum of different levels of sexual, romantic and gendered attraction. As Generation Z (Gen Z) becomes more accepting and op...…
…Taylor Daniels: Shattering the grass ceiling: the first women’s collegiate club baseball championship JEREMY WEINE/Daily Alana Richardson scored Michigan’s first goal in its loss to Penn State. The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 10 — Wednesday, March 30, 2022 Sports Growing up as the only girl on my youth baseball team, of course one of my favorite movies was A League of Their Own. The 1992 classic and highest- grossing ba...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, March 30, 2022 — 11 “What’s next?”: Maggie MacNeil’s journey to Olympic gold and beyond KATELYN TURNER For The Daily JULIANNE YOON/Daily Maggie MacNeil won a gold medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. SportsMonday: Don’t judge Michigan at its highs, judge it by its lows Out of COVID’s shadow, Michigan lacrosse has found its identity LINDSAY BUDIN Daily Sports Writer KATE HUA/Daily ...…
…WICHITA, Kan. — With the clock ticking down in the Michigan women’s basketball team’s first ever Elite Eight, junior guard Maddie Nolan, standing on the block, looked across the lane to senior forward Naz Hillmon. The two shared a look, Hillmon told Nolan to take a deep breath and they both steeled themselves for the next play. Down by nine and struggling to overcome a late onslaught from Louisville, both players knew the situati...…
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…An Ethnography of Adderall and Wolverines ILLUSTRATION BY TAMRA TURNER PAGE LAYOUT BY SARAH CHUNG 2 — Wednesday, March 30, 2022 // The Statement Content warning: Mentions of substance abuse Becoming a university student means experi- encing many ‘firsts,’ one of which being the first time you might try stimulants — caffeine, nico- tine, cocaine, the list goes on. For me, Adderall arrived months too late, but it changed my life non...…
…BY ELIZABETH WOLFE, OPINION ADVICE COLUMNIST Wednesday, March 30, 2022 // The Statement — 3 Read more at MichiganDaily.com A crash course on alpha males Content warning: Messages pertaining to violence against women and gun shootings. Oct. 2, 2021 I’m sure you remember it was the beginning of October. Though it really doesn’t matter what kind of day it was — which day of the week, whether it was sunny or rainy — it really was...…
…4 — Wednesday, March 30, 2022 // The Statement What’s Grindr got to do with it? BY DRAKE GEORGE, STATEMENT CORRESPONDENT Content Warning: Mentions of sexual abuse, abuse of minors, graphic nudity Opening up Grindr is like reading a magazine with no articles or captions. Just photos of the sexiest male celebrities, faceless creatures we like to flip through like products in a catalog. Grindr is designed to allow Queer men to find ...…
…Starting March 14, the University of Michigan will no longer require masks in most indoor spaces on campus including offices, residence halls and at athletic events, Robert Ernst, associate vice president of student life, and Preeti Malani, U-M Chief Health Officer, announced in an email to the U-M community on March 9. Masks are still required in all classrooms, patient care areas, campus buses and COVID-19 testing si...…
